SURGhub, the United Nations Learning Hub
Quality surgical training for all.
The United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub (SURGhub) is the premier training platform in global surgical care.
Best-in-class usability
Easily discover and access high-quality, relevant, and context-sensitive courses through a single point of entry.
Collaborative and shared
Increased coordination between training stakeholders towards our shared goal, under the trusted UN banner.
UN-based quality
Training content is hosted on a trusted platform with quality assurance and UN-certificates.
Our mission
To provide a trusted one-stop-shop learning platform for surgical care workers in resource-limited settings.
Our impact
5,000+
Learners
170
Countries represented
2,000+
UN certificates issued
130+
Expert advisors involved
59
High-quality courses available
13
Content partners contributing
Our approach
With the lack of access to surgical and anaesthesia care resulting in over 17 million preventable deaths annually, SURGhub equips surgical care workers around the world with lifesaving skills.
The one-stop-shop for surgical training in resource-limited settings
SURGhub is the first UN-backed training platform specifically for surgical care, combining the world-leading experience of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the GSF’s surgical expertise and network.
Frontline healthcare workers in limited resource settings.
SURGhub offers quality courses in surgery, anaesthesia, gynaecology and obstetrics, perioperative care, and non-clinical skills. Successfull learners earn a downloadable UN certificate of completion signed by UNITAR and the content partner.
Content providers in surgical care.
SURGhub offers a straightforward way to host training courses and allows content providers to benefit from highly valuable features, such as an established user base, a highly user-friendly interface, analytics, and instructional design support.
Designed from the ground up with stand-out features
SURGhub is the only learning platform in surgical care offering the stand-out features outlined below.
If your organisation would like to benefit from this ecosystem and offer training through SURGhub, please contact us at info@surghub.org.
Learn. Wherever you are.
Take surgical training with you with our SURGhub mobile app, available for free on iOS and Android.
Our SURGhub partners
Project partners
SURGhub is a joint initiative of UNITAR and the GSF. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is supporting content curation. The project is implemented in association with the Johnson & Johnson Foundation.
Content partners
News and updates
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Quality assurance
All courses on SURGhub go through a rigorous quality review process and the project is overseen through three committees.
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The Project Scope Committee is responsible for defining the educational scope of the Hub project - high-level educational aims, target learners and learning objectives.
The Project Scope Committee considers how the Hub and content on the Hub interact with academic qualifications and advises on the conceptual framework underpinning the platform layout.
Furthermore, the Project Scope Committee refines the project scope and reports on project progress towards meeting the educational aims.
Members
Fanus Dreyer: General Surgeon
Sara Mohan: Gynaecologist
Emilie Joos: Trauma Surgeon
Jean O’Sullivan: Emergency Doctor
Dhananjaya Sharma: General Surgeon
Lilian Mwape: Nurse
Wieslawa De Pawlikowski Amiel: Plastic Surgeon
Pauline Wake: Anaesthetist
Francesca Vitucci: Project Team Member
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The Content Committee is responsible for ensuring that high-quality and appropriate global surgery education and training content is selected for inclusion in the Hub.
The main task of the Content Committee is to create inclusion and exclusion criteria against which pre-existing global surgery e-learning content will be reviewed for potential inclusion in the Hub.
Furthermore, the Content Committee reviews content against these criteria and proposes inclusion or exclusion of reviewed content. The Content Committee will refine the content criteria, document decisions made, and report on progress in reviewing proposed content.
Members
Andrea Parker: General Surgeon
Jackie Rowles: Nurse Anaesthetist
Lubna Kahn: General Surgeon
Musliu Adetola Tolani: Urological Surgeon
Sabina Siddiqui: Paediatric Surgeon
Adolfo Leyva-Alvizo: General Surgeon
Rick Gardner: Orthopaedic Surgeon
Rahel Nardos: Gynaecologist
Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão: Anaesthetist
Claude Martin Jr: Orthopaedic Surgeon
Francesca Vitucci: Project Team Member
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The Technical Committee is responsible for ensuring that content on the Hub is of an appropriate technical standard and meets legal standards such as copyright.
The main task of the Technical Committee is to produce criteria against which pre-existing global surgery e-learning content will be assessed to ensure basic technical and legal standards are met and assess content against those standards.
The Technical Committee will continue to refine the criteria as needed and report on the degree to which assessed content is meeting, or not meeting, the standards set.
Members
Somprakas Basu: General Surgeon
Emilio Velis: Educationalist
Anna Darelli-Anderson: Educationalist
Vincenzo Palatella: Information Specialist
Andrew Katz: Intellectual Property Lawyer
Rebecca Silvers: Pediatric Neurosurgery & Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Advait Ghande: E-learning Expert
Sergio Navarro: Surgical Trainee and Resident Physician
Thomas Connolly: Instructional Designer
Mattia Fantinati: Management Engineer
Francesca Vitucci: Project Team Member
Our SURGhub team
Working to make quality surgical training available to all.
Ms. Francesca Vitucci
SURGhub Project Manager,
GSF
Ms. Léa Simon
SURGhub Project Coordinator, based at UNITAR
Mr. Eric O’Flynn
Programme Director for Education, Training and Advocacy,
RCSI Institute of Global Surgery
Mr. Sebastian Hofbauer
Programme Manager,
GSF
Dr. Ines Peric
Education Project Manager,
RCSI Institute of Global Surgery
Let’s make surgical training available to all!
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